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n. [ From Incessant. ] The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incessans, -antis; pref. in- not + cessare to cease: cf. F. incessant. See Cease. ] Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Against the castle gate,
. . . Which with incessant force and endless hate,
They batter'd day and night and entrance did await. Spenser.

Syn. -- Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; unremitting; ceaseless; continual; constant; perpetual. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unceasingly; continually. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incedere, incessum, to walk. ] Motion on foot; progress in walking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The incession or local motion of animals. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. inceste, L. incestum unchastity, incest, fr. incestus unchaste; pref. in- not + castus chaste. See Chaste. ] The crime of cohabitation or sexual intercourse between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law; broadly, sexual relations between closely related persons, usually taken as first cousins or closer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Spiritual incest. (Eccl. Law) (a) The crime of cohabitation committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation. (b) The act of a vicar, or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other. [ 1913 Webster ]